So what of the band? The Stray Birds are Maya de Vitry (vocals, guitar, fiddle) Oliver Craven (vocals, guitar, mandolin) and Charles Muench (vocals, upright bass) – you will notice that all three share vocals and it’s the edgy harmony these three voices generate gives their interpretations of American folk a distinctly alluring edge.

Kicking off your EP with Townes van Zandt’s ‘Loretta’ may be considered brave by some, no problem here, The Stray Birds hit it spot on with sharp three-part harmonies and skipping mandolin. There’s the deliciously desolate ‘I’ll Be Your San Atone Rose’ given another faultless treatment. They again prove their abilities with their own take on Nanci Griffith’s ‘I Wish It Would Rain’, lead vocal emotive as it should be and harmonies right there too.